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Letters'Patent No. 80,219, dated July 21, 1868.

IMPROVED CLASP FOR JOINING BELTS.

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TO ALL WIIOW IT MAY CONGERN:

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Be it known that I, BENJAMrN DRANDLEMAN, of Port Louisa, in the county of Louisa, and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement in'Clasps for Joining Belts; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to-make and use the same, reference being had to the' accompanying drawings,r.for1ning part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a. top view of my invention. i f

VFigure 2 is a side v iew of the same, with a portion cf the clasp broken away, to exhibit the rivetstuds and screws.

Similar letters.of reference indicate corresponding` parts. l l

4The object of this invention is to provide a simple and eil'ective clasp for joinngthe ends of belts.

It consists of the combination of forked and straight links with a pair of hinged plates, the links serving to provide a exible connection for the hinged plates, which latter serve to secure the ends of the belt.

In the accompanying drawings,rA, on the ends ofthe belts B B, are short pieces of leather, riveted thereto at g g, Sie., for greater strength.

C D are the hinged plates. l j

a a a, 82o., are the forked links, and d d, &c., Athe straight links, pivoted in the forks ofA thelinks' alb, Sie., the rods or pintles completing the joint of.-the links `with the plates and with each other.

e e, rite., are studs formed on the inner face of the plates D, and'tting into correspondent holes in the upper plates C. l V

ff&c., are screws for securing the plates together. These screws fit into a hollow threaded stud, z', formed on the lower plates, as shown. i

When `the belting is to be shortened or taken up, one line of forked links is removed by withdrawing the corresponding pintles b, and the free ends of thc adjacent straight links are pvotedinto thc-recesses of the hinged plates.

To tit this invention to a belt, the plates C are laid upon the ends of the belt, and the holes` for the studs and screws are marked with-a pencil or scratch-arri.` The plates are then removed, and the holes formed with the ordinary belt-punch. The plates urethen placed on again, and screwed up. i

hhh 7L are set-screws, located, in the eyes of the forked links and the hinged plates, for the purpose of Having thusdescribed my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A bolt-clasp, composed of straight land forked links d and a, and hinged plates C and D, all substantially as and for the purpose shown and described.

' BENJAMIN D. RANDLEMAN.

Witnessesf GEORGE H'crcnrsox,

JACOB RANDLEMAN. 

